Wanna Be A Great Trader? Size Matters... Finger Size

zero hedge ^ | 5/16/14 | tyler durden

[Nachum]

The comments are better than the article :)

[wastedyears]

At least we didn’t pay for this study.

[MUDDOG]

I always knew it wasn’t my fault!

[Nachum]

At least we didn’t pay for this study.

Hey, Obama is looking at his fingers right now.

[TurkeyLurkey]

Well, I did!

[Yo-Yo]

If your ring finger is longer than your pointer, then:

You are likely a better athlete than your peers.

In that case my peers are beyond lousy athletes.

[tophat9000]

So is this why loser aways show your their finger length?

[Calvin Locke]

Ya know that piece floating around on Muchelle about how she's really male?

One point was that her index-ring finger length ratio is the male "norm" (ring>index), rather than the female (index>ring), at least according to the piece.

Haven't paid attention to BHO's...

[workerbee]

Gee.... these days, I’m just a li’l ole mother and housewife, but my fingers say maybe I ought to change professions. ;-)

[Rodamala]

You know what they say about big fingers, right?

[Excellence]

I should have been a trader!

[The Antiyuppie]

I actually had an offer to be an early version of a “quant” for a company trading on the CBOE. I figured that if I took the job, I’d be driving a Ferrari in my mid-30’s, like all the others, until I died of a heart attack in my mid-40’s, like all the others. I don’t regret this decision. And yes, I have a MUCH longer ring finger.

[The Antiyuppie]

“In that case my peers are beyond lousy athletes.”

In that case, my peers are permanently stuck to sofa cushions.

[Dr. Sivana]

I believe for lady traders the measurement ratios are taken elsewhere.

[texas booster]

http://www.tylervigen.com/

Spurious Correlations.

A great site for times when you just need to start your government grant with a new study!

(Taken from the comment section of the above article)

[catnipman]

So, what, flipping bigger birds is an important skill as trader?

[logic101.net]

Not everyone points with the same finger.

[Jack Hammer]

The authors sound like window-front astrologers.

Take a look at my middle finger, guys.

[muir_redwoods]

Big gloves?

[miss marmelstein]

I remember when having a long digit finger indicated that you were likely to be homosexual. As the actor, Nathan Lane, pointed out, that’s why you only see Kevin Spacey wearing mittens.